From the editor

Abstract

With die acceptance of the Town and Regional Planners Act, 1984, it seems appropriate to cite extracts of the discussion during the Second Reading of the Bill:
" ... After studying the town and regional planning profession for years, the institute came to the conclusion that as a result of the importance of town and regional planning to the country as a whole and the fact that similar legislation had already been passed with regard to other professions such as surveyors, architects, quantity surveyors and professional engineers, with whom town and regional planners co-operate closely, there was an urgent need for legislation in order to give professional recognition to the profession of town and regional planning and to exercise control over this profession by means of a council, in the interest of the public. The institute recommended, therefore, that legislation be passed which would provide for the establishment of a body which could promote the interest of town and regional planners and could deal with the registration of town and regional planners and related matters ... "